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WorksheetsProgressive Era Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is the result of Upton Sinclair's book the Jungle
Pure Food & Drug Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Volstead Act
government regulation of business
What is the significance of initiative, recall, and referendum?*
increase power to the citizens
expand voting rights to the Chinese
expand suffrage to women
low interest rate loans to farmers
How did Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?
government worked to end child labor
federal troops ended Coal Strike
increased food regulations
break up of railroad monopolies
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are best known for
popular singing duo
fighting lynching
settlement houses in Chicago
women's suffrage
Ida B. Wells is known for
fighting for voting rights of Californians
fighting lynching and equality
vocational education
settlement houses in Chicago
Act that stopped the growth of monopolies with clear language about big business
Interstate Commerce Act
Meat Inspection Act
Silva Aguero Act
Pure Food & Drug Act
"The Jungle" - Exposes conditions of meatpacking industry
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
Jane Adams
Upton Sinclair
Based on the excerpt, with which sttement would Steffens agree?
Political machines have corrupted many of America's cities.
City officials are doing a good job at exposing sources of corruption.
Progressive reforms have successfully eliminated most sources of urban corruption.
Americans are no longer willing to tolerate the corrupt practices of political machines.
Which of the following is NOT a part of Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reform deal?
Control Corporations
Consumer protection
Clayton's Anti-Trust Act
Conservation of natural resources
Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
Who outlined the Progressive reforms of the American public and gave his presidential campaign the name "Square Deal?"
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?
Carrie Nation
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
What name was given to the group of investigative reporters who wrote books, news articles or magazine articles to persuade public opinion about corrupt businesses or government?
Unionists
Muckrakers
Suffragists
Socialists
Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?
Ida Tarbell
Jane Addams
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
Look at the following diagram, which shows reforms sponsored by two presidential administration, and answer the question below.
Which action best describes a reform supported by President Woodrow Wilson?
reorganization of the banking and monetary systems
adoption of a bimetallic standard and paper currency
legislation to increase tariffs and eliminate income taxes
regulations requiring equal pay for minorities and women
16th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
17th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
18th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
19th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
Look at the following list, which shows the goals of a movement from the early 1900's , and answer the question below.
-Abolish child labor
-Restrict working hours for mothers
-Enact public health programs
-Raise wages for workers
These goals are MOST closely associated with which movement?
Civil Rights
isolationist
Social Gospel
temperance
In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?
Standing guard to protect big business
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Leading a government take-over of large industries
Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment
A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....
stimulate the economy
support government control of factory production
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society
What was the effects of labor laws?
Ended child labor, funds for unemployed workers, increased teacher’s salary
Ended child labor, 8 hour work day, and set minimum wage for women
Ended child labor, increased work hours to 18 hours, decreased women’s wages
Ended child labor, increased male wages, increased vacation pay
What is the purpose of a labor union?
Organization made up of workers to protect them in the workplace
Organization made up of business owners to make rules for employees
Organization of women who fought for the right to vote
Organization of farmers who work together to improve farming techniques
The N.A.A.C.P. was created by
Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair
Ida B Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois
Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller
Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft
Free silver, income tax, direct primaries, government ownership of RRs were the goals of
Democrats
Populist Party
Republicans
Whigs
The idea that Christians had a duty to help poor people was called
Social Gospel
Gospel of Wealth
Gospel of Jesus
morality
Places in cities like Chicago that provided social services to immigrants, poor and women were called
settlement houses
assimilation schools
tenements
urban living homes
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
helped regulate the railroad commission
broke up 90 monopolies
helped people find jobs
provided for selection of some government employees by exams
This presidents did the following: passed the Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, US Forest Service
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
This president did the following: promised a New Freedom, passed the 19th Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
This president accomplished the following: passed the 16th Amendment, broke up 90 trusts, supported the direct election of senators
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
This amendment provided for the collection of income tax:
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
The suffragist who in 1873 claimed she had the right vote under the 14th Amendment
Mary Todd Lincoln
Ida Tarbell
Ida B Wells
Susan B Anthony
A direct vote in which an entire electorate (the people) is invited to vote on a particular proposal.
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
A procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official's term has ended.
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and constitutional amendments on the ballot.
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill creating the government agency described in the excerpt below.
"to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
Which government agency is described by the excerpt?
Environmental Protection Agency
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
State Department
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 protected Americans from certain abusive practices of -
banks
corporations
government officials
union leaders
Present known for Conservation efforts
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
